Scholar
Yen-Chia Hsu
Google Scholar ID: l7E5Z7AAAAAJ
Assistant Professor, Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam
Citations & Impact
Citations
482
H-index
11
i10-index
11
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Proposed the Community Citizen Science (CCS) framework, which emphasizes continued community engagement after technology interventions. Applies crowdsourcing and data visualization to engage communities in providing and exploring data, and utilizes machine learning, computer vision, and data science to assist communities in extracting and explaining patterns in multiple types of large-scale data.
Research Experience
- Currently an Assistant Professor at the Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam; formerly a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Sustainable Design Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft, the Netherlands; previously a Project Scientist in the CREATE Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
Education
- Ph.D. in Robotics from the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in 2018; Master's degree in tangible interaction design from the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University in 2012; dual Bachelor's degree in architecture and computer science from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan in 2010.
Background
- A computer scientist with an architectural design background. Research focuses on embedding technology in hyper-local contexts to facilitate civic engagement and community empowerment. Specifically, his research is focused on Community-Empowered Artificial Intelligence (AI), where he co-designs, implements, deploys, and evaluates interactive AI systems that empower communities, especially in addressing environmental and social issues. His research concerns both the social and technical aspects.
Miscellany
- Given name is Yen-Chia, not Yen. The English name Yen-Chia Hsu comes from the Wade-Giles transcription.
Co-authors